After completing this challenge you will be able to participate in scientific projects which are working to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars and conduct other types of research all over the world. You will be able to contribute processing time on your PC or laptop, and through the message boards of the projects, you will have the chance to learn more about the research that is motivating these projects.

This challenge will show you how to download, install and run the software you need to enable you to join the volunteer computing projects that are supported by the open source platform, BOINC.

posted message: Well, the three tasks seem very interesting and well described, however I'm an expert in BOINC, so if this is your first time with BOINC any feedback about the challenge and its tasks will be welcome!